Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine

• मुख्य लेखकों: Wieteke van Dijk (लेखक), Marjan J. Faber (लेखक), Marit A.C. Tanke (लेखक), Patrick P.T. Jeurissen (लेखक), Gert P. Westert (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The concept of overdiagnosis is a dominant topic in medical literature and discussions. In research that targets overdiagnosis, medicalisation is often presented as the societal and individual burden of unnecessary medical expansion. In this way, the focus lies on the influence of medicine on societ...